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-NO. -76--- -WILMINGTj&{.VATURD A Y, NOVEMBER 21, 1942 FINAL EDITION ” ESTABLISHED 1867.
MacArthur Leading Attack On Jap Base At Buna
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and lus principal commanders are now leading American and Australian
forces driving toward Buna key Japanese base on- the north coast of Papua, New Guinea. Top: They
confer in New Guinea. Left to right: Francis Forde, Australian minister for the Army: Gen! Mae
Arthnr. Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney, Allied land force commander, and Maj. Gen. George Kenney
Mild air force commander. Tile map at the bottom shows how American and Australian forces have"
mu lied A warn from the west, with American units surging up from the south to close in on Buna.
‘''Oil)'* retreating Japs took to canoes and fled along the Kuniusi river. Allied war planes strafed them.
iv. C. Industrialists Promise Help
i o Port Wilmington After War
GOVERNOR SAYS
YARDS TO STAY
Broughton Says Shipbuild
ing Company Permanent
Here; Vessel Launched
Governor J. Melville Broughton
predicted yesterctay that “because
of theeJficiency in production of
this yard it will continue to operate
as a permanent establishment after
the war”, in an adress made at
the launching of the Liberty
freighter, Joseph Alton at the
North Carolina Shipbuilding com
pany.
Governor Broughton continued,
“The exceptionally fine produc
tion record you have established
here will go far toward helping
maintain the maritime supremacy
of this nation in the war and after
the war.”
The Alston was christened by
Miss Mary G. Craig, an employe
of the shipbuilding company cho
sen by her fellow employes in a
War bond election contest, and
me governor declared that he
thought it was a fine thing that
company employes should launch
the 10.000-ton vessel they con
structed.
Governor Broughton congratu
lated employes lor subscribing 86
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Victor In Solomons
.. .
sev";e,Admiral William F. Hal
id (,'a’’ove) commanded the Unit
fi"ii,.,i *S, ^av-v force which de
in ii. a,‘ff routed a Jap Armada
Solomons. Twenty-three
(j‘ Min-se ships were sunk. Here,
his «V- |,ee,’s from the bridge of
sluP somewhere iii the Pacific.
Manufacturing Heads De
clare Will Use Terminals
For Goods Shipments
Some of North Carolina’s leading
industrialists promised their whole
hearted support for the Port of
Wilmington after the war, last
rdght when the Port of Wilmington
Commission was host to the mem
bers of the Committee on War In
dustrial Coordination at a dinner
held in the Cape Fear club.
Introduced by Chairman Cyrus
D. Hogue, Mr. T. Henry Wilson of
the Drexel Furniture company told
the gathering of some fifty men
that when normal manufacturing
could be resumed, “we Vill cer
tainly send all possible furniture
shipments through the Port of
Wilmington rather than through
Charleston, and from here to the
west coast.”
Mr. Hogue countered, “We here
by appoint you an honorary mem
ber of the Port of Wilmington
Commission.”
Upon being introduced to the as
semblage, Charles A. Cannon, ot
the Cannon Towel company, pledg
ed his cooperation dfcdth the port
when he said, ‘There was a time,
they tell me, when the port here
was filled with cotton bales. If our
company has anything to say, vou
will see that same thing after the
wu.”
Mr. Hogue replied that, while
noi wishing to make the weight of
the Commission unwieldy, he
would have to also appoint Mr.
Cannon as an honorary member
due to his words.
Other committee members were
asked to rise and be introduced
and each one thanked the Com
mission for the pleasant day, be
ginning yesterday morning with
the launching of the “Joseph Als
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WEATHER
FORECAST
North Carolina: Continued mild to
day.
EASTERN STANDARD TIME)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorologial data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday:
Temperature
1:30 a. m. 56; 7:30 a. m. 53; 1 ;30
m. 78; 7:30 p. m. 66. Maximum 79; mm
ijnum 52; mean 66; normal 55.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 82; 7:30 a. m. 71; 1:30 p.
m. 49; 7:30 p. m. 72.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p:
m., 0 inches.
Total since the first of the month, 0.10
inches.
Sunrise 6:50 a. m.; sunset 5:06 p. m.,
moonrise 4:47 p. m.; moon^et 5:28 a. m.
TODAY’S TIDES
High Low
Wilmington - 8:41a 3:07 a
9:00p 3:42p
Masonboro Inlet -- 6:27a 12:08a
6:46p 12:41p
Moore’s Inlet - 6:32a '2:13p
6:51p 12:46p
New Topsail Inlet- 6:37a 12:18a
(Elmore’s) - 6:56p J2:51p
All Times Eastern Standard)
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BROUGHTON MAKES
SWEEPING CHANGE
Meets With War Industries
Coordination Group
For Revamping
Governor J. Melville Broughton,
meeting here with the War In
dustries Co-ordination committee,
announced sweeping changes in the
conditions.
Paul Kelly, assistant to Direc
tor Bruce Etheridge, was directed
to take over to Commerce & In
dustry Division in an “active ca
pacity,’’ with Cecil Bell, James E.
Coad, and R. W.Redwine, as as
sistants.
Kelly’s tunctions as director of
the Advertising Division were del
egated to Bill Sharpe, now head
of the State News Bureau.
The charges were made during
meetings held aboard the Corne
lius Harnett, launched here re
cently by the N. C. Shipbuilding
company, which had its trial run
cently by the N. C. Shipbuilding
company, which had its trial run
today.
Earlier, the North Carolina Com
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Bids Will Be Sought
On War Housing Work
Executive Director, Henry
R. “mory of the local Federal
Public Housing Authority an
nounced yesterday that bids
would be sought next week on
the six million dollar war
housing project.
The date for the opening of
bids has not been set, but Mr.
Emory announced that the
drafting of plans for the pro
ject designed to aid in reviv
ing the housing shortage here,
is progresing rapidly. I
JAPS SLA UGHTERED OR ROUTED
ALLIES ABOUT25 MILES FROMBIZERTE
DEATH FIGHT NEAR
Allies Now Control Most Of
French Territory;
French On March
MOVING ON ROMMEL
Fighting Frenchmen Trek
king Across Sahara In
Effort To Rap Axis
LONDON, Nov- 20—(IP)—
The main U. S. and British
armies engulfing Tunisia
were only 25 or 30 miles out
side Axis-held Bizerte and
Tunis tonight and a death
grapple for this strategic
corner of the protectorate
was exDected to begin at any
moment.
The Allies now control
most of the French territory,
and across the Saraha desert
to the southeast a fighting
French army was reported
on the move to trap Marshal
Rommel’s Libyan remnants
in a three-way squeeze.
The Nazis have seized
Gabes in southeastern Tuni
sia 100 miles from the Lib
yan border, Allied headquar
ters’ dispatches said, but
French troops in that area
were said to be beating off
Nazi efforts to link up that
coastal region with the Axis
base in Tripoli.
Attempt Encirclement I
One Allied units apparently bent
on encircling Tunis was reported
to have reached a point 25 miles
southeast of that capital, radio
Brazzaville, the fighting French
station in equatorial Africa, said.
A dispatch from Allied headquar
ters in North Africa said the bat
tle was mounting in intensity as
the American, British and French
troops approached the German de
fense line around Bizerte and Tunis
and Allied planes fought against
the German air force for control
of the air. The distraction of nine
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HOLIDAY SHOPPING
SEASON PLANS SET
Christmas Stocks Now On
Display; Stores Begin
Hours December 19
Arrangements are being com
pleted by the merchant members
of the Greater Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce for the 1942
Christmas shopping season, it was
announced yesterday.
C. K. Council, chairman of the
merchant’s division said that
hristmas stocks are now on dis
play, and beginning December 19,
stores will stay open unil 9 o’clock
for the shoppers’ convenience.
This year, a mail wrapping cen
ter will be set up in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms, and begin
ning November 30, customers of i
downtown stores may have their :
packages wrapped there. ]
It is more important than ever,
Mr. Council stated, to shop early.
There will be a greater selection
of gifts early and since so many
of the personnel in Wilmington
stores have joined the armed for
ces or gone to work in vital de
fense indstries, the service will
be better if the Christmas shopper 1
does not wait until the last minute, i
Old Glory Marches With Yanks In Algeria
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Old Glory ripples^ in the breeze at the head of a g roup of American soldiers marching toward the
Maison Blanche airdrome in Algeria. This official British photo, radioed from London, was made
shortly after American and British troops began their occupation of French North Africa.
News Of Russian Counter-Attacks
Comes From Entire Eastern Front
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FBI POLICE MEET
AT USO CLUB HERE
About 100 Officers From
Four Counties In Area
Presence At Meeting
The FBI quarterly conference
of law enforcement officers opened
yesterday morning at 1:15 o’clock
in the ofices of the USO at Second
and Orange streets.
Edward Sheidt, special agent of
the Charlotte division presided.
Fully 100 officers were present
at the initial session, coming from
he four counties in this area—
Brunswick, New Hanover, Coium
>us and Pender.
Among them were auxiliary po
ice, guards from defense projects,
she North Carolina Shipbuilding
:ompany and the Ethel Dow plants.
Joe Ross, safety engineer, and G
1j. Kennell, chief of guards, at the
shipyard, and Wilbur Tisdale, chiei
)f the guard force at Ethel Dow,
:ogether with Police Chief Cas
;oen, Sheriff C. David Jones, Har
•y Fales, fingerprint officer, Tom
Morrell and Jimmie Roe, were
miong local law enforcement lead
ers in attendance.
The day’s discussions will be de
moted to national defense problems
ir.d provisions against espionage
»rd for internal security. Films
md slides illustrating conditions to
se met and overcome were to be
shown.
John E. Hope, editor of the Sfar
'lews spoke at the opening session,
siting the cooperation of the press
n all law enforcement efforts and
sledging continuing support of the
ocal daily press in the crusade
igainst crime.
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DISCUSSION CONTINUED
RALEIGH, NOV. 20— «£>))—'The
State ABC Board today continued
ts discussion of methods for ra
;ioning whiskey in the 25 counties.
JUt made no announcement after
ts meeting this afternoon.
Nazi Withdrawals In Cen
tral Caucasus Reach
Quickening Pace
MOSCOW. Nov. 20.—W—News oi
Russian counter-attacks came from
all sectors of the eastern front
today, while in the central Cau
casus the German withdrawals
from Ordzhonikidze struck a
quickening pace.
Battered Stalingrad resumed a
place in dispatches, the Russians
announcing they had captured a
height south of the city. At the
conclusion of an action in which
400 Germans were killed and ma
chine guns and trench mortars
captured the Soviet forces en
trenched themselves in new ad
vanced positions.
Witnin the city the Germans at
tacked several times. The Russians
reported all these assaults were
repulsed and that Soviet positions
were strengthened.
In the Caucasus the general
movement of the Germans was
reported to be backward, some
enemy units seeking safety in hills
and dense torests. But they made
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JAPS STRENGTHEN
TIMOR POSITIONS
Believed To Be Forerunner
Of Projected Opera
tions On Australia
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 20.
—(#)—Facing defeat in the Solo
mons Islands and New Guinea, to
the north and northeast of Aus
tralia, Japanese forces are
strengthening their positions me
thodically on the island of Timor
to the northwest, it was stated
officially 1oday.
Nine anchorages on the north
shore of Portuguese Timor have
oeen occupied, and the Japanese
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Laval Tells France That A Nazi Entente
Is Only Guarantee Of Peace For Europe
VICHY (From French Broad
casts), Nov. 20.—W— Pierre Laval
told Frenchmen tonight that an
agreement with Germany “is the
sole guarantee for peace in Eu
rope,” and forecast a “domination
of Communists and Jews” in the
event the Allies win the war.
“From what has happened in
north Africa we have discovered
the fate that awaits us tomorrow
if Roosevelt gets away with it,”
he said, in his first speech since
being invested with full political
powers by Marshal Petain.
“We would have to submit to a
domination of Communists and
Jews,” he added.
“An entente with Germany is
the only guarantee for peace in
Europe,” he continued, and again
predicted a Nazi victory.
(Laval’s speech was another
strong indication that he was pre
paring to sign a peace with the
Axis and perhaps then draw up
a treaty of alliance against the
United Nations).
He scoffed at Allied promises of
returning the seized portions of
the French empire in the future,
and recalled how the British took
French Canada and parts of the
West Indies long ago.
“On the other side of the world,”
Laval continued, “Japan, an old
nation by its history and a young
one by its dynamism, has just1
taken from Britain and the United
States immense territories,'treas
ures), and raw materials.
“The Anglo-Saxons are seizing
the (French) empire and seeking
compensations for the losses they
know are irreparable.”
(Japan’s early seizure of French
fndo-China opened the way for her
quick conquest of the Philippines,
and Dutch and British territories
in the Far East).
“Frenchmen: understand that
you must not allow yourselves to
he deceived and abused by for
eign propaganda. The London and
Boston radios have a single aim.
Don’t let your spirit be misled to
serve interests that are not yours.
“I was always certain Germany
would be the victor, but always
was ready to remain on good
terms with America.
“I like liberty but I will never
accept for my country a parlia
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ACL TRAIN TIME
CHANGE REFUSED
Officials Of Coast Line No
tify Southern Road That
No Change To Be Made
RALEIGH. Nov. 20:—Atlan
tic Coast Line representatives told
the State Utilities Commission to
day the Coast Line’s train number
42 out of Wilmington would be un
able to make connections in Golds
boro with the Southern railroad’s
number 111 if the commission per
mits the Southern to change the
schedule of its train.
The Sou'hern asked the utilities
board for permission for number
111 to leave Goldsboro, westbound,
at 9:20 p.m instead of 9:40, when
it now pulls out.
Willis Smith, Raleigh attorney,
and Trainmaster C. K. Carter ex
plained the Southern would iiave
to l^ave Goldsboro earlier in or
der to connect a* Greensboro with
main line trains between Wash
ington and Augusta, Gal.
Due to heavy traffic on the main
line, they said, trains were forced
to leave Washington 25 minutes
earlier than usual in order to reach
Augusta on time.
The Coast Line was represented
by Murray Allen of Raleigh and
F. L. King of W'ilmington, super
intendent of transportation for the
railroad. The Coast Line 42 now
leaves Wilmington at 6:40 and ar
rives in Goldsboro at 9:25. On De
cember 5, a new schedule calling
for the train to leave Wilmington
at 6:30 will be instituted, with the
tiime of arrival in Goldsboro re
maining the same.
Allen and King said that Wil
mington banks' could not clear
their mad before 6:30 and that
people woiking at Army bases in
the vicinity of Wilmington could
not possible reach the train before
6:30. They contended it was of
greater importance to Wilmington
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Rationing board Asks
For Extension Of Time
On Fuel Oil In County
The New Hanover War Price
and Rationing board asked yes
terday for an extension of time
for the rationing of fuel oil, as
the registration of consumers can
not be completed by the time na
tion-wide rationing goes into ef
fect Sunday at midnight.
The shortage of application
blanks is jholding up the registra
tion here, as many people were
turned away yesterday, because
the board was unable to supply
them with blanks.
The dealine which was formerly
midnight last night, is expected
to be advanced. It is hoped that
a new supply of forms will be
available Monday.
HOLD IS ‘SECURE’
Knox Declares Hold On Is
land ‘Now Very Good;
Airfield Is Protected
FOE'S SEA LOSS CHECKS
Total Now Stands At 28
Ships Destroyed, Ten
Damaged In Big Battle
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20
GP)—Half of a force of 1.500
Japanese landed on Guadal
canal has been slaughtered
and the rest routed, the Navy
announced today, and Secre
tary Knox declared jubilant
ly that the American hold on
the island prize is “now very
secure.”
Knox based his statement
partly on the land action, in
which embattled Marines and
Army troops apparently
crumpled the eastern jaw of
a Japanese pincers aimed at
the vital airfield, and partly
on the great sea victory of
last week
lie announced oeiinixeiy
that the toll taken in the sea
fight was 28 e nemy ships
sunk, and ten damaged.
There had previously been
some thought that the total
might be slightly lower due
to the possibility of duplica
tion in reports from the
scene.
Badly Punished
Last night the Navy announced
the destruction of a battleship or
heavy cruiser, three large cruisers
and one destroyer. Last Monday
a communique disclosed the sinking
of 23 ships, including a battleship
and ten other war vessels.
“All told/’ Knox said, “the Japa
nese fleet' has been pretty badly
punished.”
“Of course,” he added, “they can
bring in more reinforcements and
fight their way but so far they
have been unable to do it.”
He revealed that two American
battleships took part in last Satur
day night’s phase of the Big Solo
mons struggle, in which heavy loss
was inflicted on the enemy. Al
though he could not give details
of this engagement, in which Amer
ican and Japanese battleships
slugged it out for the first time,
he said:
"It was a very efficient and well
handled maneuver and caught our
friends by surprise.”
Speaking of the land fighting he*
said Americans there now out-num
ber the Japanese. The action in
which the 1.500 Japanese were
killed or put to flight he described
as “very significant.”
The Navy communique said these
enemy troops were reinforcements
landed early this month and added
succinctly: "About half of these
enemy troops have since been killed
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Sixth Son Of Tiger
Robert Kenneth Chenna;ult,
sixth son of Gen. Claire Chen
nault to join the lT. S. armed
services, stands with hand raised
as he was sworn int > the Navy
at Jackson Miss. The 17-year
old son of the chief of the Flying
Tigers, who made history fight
ing for China, was accepted by
the Navy with the consent of hi's
mother who lives at Waterproof.
La. The Chennanlt family’s war
score now stands: The general,
himself, still in China and now
leading l'. S. flying forces: three
sons in the L’. S. Air Forces one
in the Navy, one in a defense
training school—and now Robert
in the Navy.
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